🎧 Plastic Surgery
🎧 Patented: History of Inventions • 35m
World War One led to the advancement of weaponry, technology, and cosmetic surgery as we know today. In this episode Dallas is joined by award winning historian and author Lindsey Fitzharris to talk about the birth of reconstructive surgery, and the Grandfather behind it - Harold Gillies. Repairing missing jaw bones, gunshot wounds to the face, and leading the way on the first phalloplasty in 1949 - who is Harold Gillies, and why is he so important to the modern medical community?
Warning this episode contains graphic discussion of war injuries and surgery.
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